Although he couldn’t play the guitar or drums to save his life, few individuals have had as much of an impact upon the business of music than Steve Jobs, and now he’s being posthumously recognized for it by the industry he helped save by getting his own Grammy.
“As former CEO and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs helped create products and technology that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books. A creative visionary, Jobs’ innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased,” a statement on the Grammy website reads.
This isn’t the first Grammy Apple has won. For example, in 2002, Apple received a Technical Grammy “for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.”
The Grammy award ceremony will take place on February 12, 2012. I wonder who’ll accept the award in Steve’s place.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
5 responses to “Steve Jobs Wins A Grammy”
“Although he couldn’t play the guitar or drums to save his life”
Maybe this could have been said differently.
Worst Photochop job ever.
See Time Magazine? This is who should have won “Person of the Year”.
“Steve Jobs is Awarded a Grammy” is more accurate than “Steve Jobs Wins a Grammy.” Win denotes he was in competition with others. But either way it’s all good, IMHO.
Steve Jobs has done more for music than Obama has for peace. Just saying…